UNF's Kaitlyn Schroeder finishes strong for runner-up spot at FSU event

University of North Florida junior Kaitlyn Schroeder saved her best for last, but it wasn’t enough to catch Florida State’s Sophia Fullbrook on March 22 in the final round of the FSU Match Up at the Seminole Legacy Golf Course.

Schroeder posted a closing 68 but a 70 was enough for Fullbrook to close out the Seminoles’ 70th individual championship in school history and the 28th team title in the 16 years under coach Amy Bond. Fullbrook, who had a second-round 67, finished at 10-under 206 while Schroeder posted her third career runner-up finish and ninth top 10 at 5-under 211.

University of North Florida junior Kaitlyn Schroder recorded her ninth career top-10 finish on March 22 with a second in Florida State’s Match Up tournament.

FSU shot 4-under as a team to beat Eastern Michigan by eight shots and win the tournament for the sixth time in 13 years. UNF finished seventh at 29-over

The venues will flip on March 30-31 when FSU comes to the First Coast to play in the Coach Mo Classic at the St. Johns Golf and Country Club March 30-31. The tournament is hosted by Furman and former Paladins player Monique Gesualdi (a Nease graduate), who is the PGA North Section Youth Development Coach of the Year for 2025.

Also in the field will be UCF, Michigan, Purdue and St. Johns.

First Coast rivalry plays out in Ocala

Therese Quinn of Jacksonville partnered with Suzanne Ricard of Parkland to win the Florida State Golf Association Women’s Four-Ball Championship March 16-17 at the Stone Creek Golf Club in Ocala by one shot over Tama Caldabaugh of Ponte Vedra Beach and Kim Keyer-Scott of Bonita Springs.

Quinn and Ricard shot 6-under 138 (68-70) and fended off Caldabaugh and Keyer-Scott (72-67), who rallied in the final round to finish at 5-under.

Caldabaugh made two birdies on the front and Keyer-Scott three on the back but Quinn’s birdie at No. 17 and pars on the final two holes for Caldabaugh and Keyer-Scott were the difference.

Quinn won her fifth FSGA title and Caldabaugh was denied a third.

Shauna Snyder of Ponte Vedra and Christine Hunt of Fernandina Beach (147) tied for fifth. Liz Breza and Xiaolin Jones of St. Augustine (156) won the Senior Flight.

First Coast juniors win first FJT events

Hazel Peters of Ponte Verdra Beach and Michael Rattigan of Jacksonville weathered some late drama to win their first Florida Junior Tour events on March 21-22.

Peters held off Elize Nograbat of St. Johns to win the FJT 13-15 year-old Palm Harbor Open at the Palm Beach Coast, making a double bogey at the last but still edging Nograbat by one shot.

Peters (71-73―144) had a three-shot lead with birdies at Nos. 13 and 17. Nograbat (70-75―145), who had a one-shot lead after the first round, closed with six pars in a row in the second round.

Benny Ossi of Ponte Vedra (145) tied for second in the boys division, four shots behind winner Parker Osborne of Ormond Beach.

Rattigan made a furious rally to force a playoff with Ayben Febres of St. Cloud in the Cocoa Beach 16-18 Open at the Cocoa Beach Country Club. The two finished at 8-under 136.

Febres (67-69) led by three shots through 10 holes and after the two matched birdies at No. 11, Rattigan birdied Nos. 12, 13, 15 and 17 and Febres birdied No. 15 to set up the playoff.

Rattigan (70-66) then birdied the second hole to win.

Luke Splane of St. Augustine (68-71–139) finished alone in fifth.

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